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The Annunciation
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The Annunciation

Date unknown

Medium

Etching; second state of two (Bartsch)

Dimensions

sheet: 11 x 7 1/2 in. (28 x 19 cm) plate: 8 3/8 x 5 11/16 in. (21.3 x 14.5 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Rights

Public Domain

About Carlo Maratti

1625–1713

Son of a Dalmatian father. Known as the last major Italian artist of the classical tradition, which had originated with Raphael. He created a grandiose and decorative style that was valued by his ecclesiastical patrons. Comment on works: History; Religious.